C-Change: Where CIOs of great ideas meet

When great minds meet, it will be a congregation of thoughts where ideas flow, strategies take shape, resulting in a great learning experience. That's precisely what the CIOL-Dataquest's C-Change offers the delegates, bolting together the needs of enterprises and expectations of the industry.

With the world changing at lightning speed, enterprises have gone beyond looking for one-point solution for diverse issues to remain agile and stay up-to-date. As CIOs of over 100 companies from across business verticals come together at the C-Change in Bangalore from February 21-23, their practical theories provide an opportunity to explore the innovative solutions essential for business growth. And that makes it an unmissable event for CIOs

Meet Mahesh Mathur, CIO of DLF, who has put the real estate company on the technology radar. Responsible for reducing communication costs, Mathur took the initiative towards getting DLF its own network for transfer of data.

With CIOs playing a vital role in business strategies and ensuring corporate efficiency, the C-Change is a perfect platform for them to share experiences, debate issues pertaining to the industry and equip themselves to take their companies to the next level.

Mukund Prasad of Wellspun, who attended C-Change in 2011, feels the greatest challenges before CIOs include handling incompetencies, ambiguities, keeping pace with technology and employee retention.

The challenges before CIOs are diverse as they are aligned with the prospect of their sectors, but their fundamental aim remains the same: business growth.

If Ramaswamy, executive director of IOCL, goes by the theory of dream and deliver, Chetan Agarwal of Jindal Steel feels the future of the enterprise foundation depends on simplicity and user oriented strategy while delivering measurable business results.

Expectedly, C-Change 2013 will see the emergence of a whole new thinking, as some of India's pioneers across segments, who we'd like to call Change Agents, will grace the conference and set the tone for peer-to-peer interaction, apart from learning and knowledge-sharing about technology from a business perspective.

Beginning with the inauguration by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art of Living and following sessions by the likes of former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid, Santosh Desai, MD and CEO, Futurebrands India Ltd, and Dr B.N. Suresh, former director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the three days will be power-packed with discussions on innovative ideas and dynamic strategies.

When change calls you, can you resist?